Death crash footballer in jail release blunder

A FOOTBALLER who killed a brother and sister in an horrific road crash was freed early from jail yesterday in a blunder by the Prison Service.

Meppen-Walter killed Kulwant Singh and his sister Ravel Kaur in a crash in Manchester

Last night an inquiry was launched into how Manchester City’s Courtney Meppen- Walter, 18, was released just a quarter of the way into a 16-month sentence for causing death by careless driving.

He was expected to be back behind bars soon, but one of the footballer’s friends had already tweeted a photo of him smirking outside prison with the caption: “Fresh out of pizzy.”

 

The Prison Service said they were taking steps to return Meppen-Walter to jail

The Prison Service said they were taking steps to return him to jail.

A spokesman said: “Police have been informed to ensure he is promptly returned to custody. Releases in error are very rare and we take any incident extremely seriously.”

Meppen-Walter, who captained the England under-18 team, killed Kulwant Singh, 32, and his sister Ravel Kaur, 37, in a crash in Manchester.

Before his release was revealed to be an error, Mr Singh’s angry widow Kush­want Saur said: “This has devastated me. The original sentence wasn’t suffic­ient in the first place